Dispensing package



Jan. 30, 1934. F. c. GLUCK Er Al.

DISPENSING PACKAGE Filed March 29, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 II/II III III/IlI/IIIIIIIIIIIII/IIIl/IIl/II I Jan. 30, 1934. F. c. GLUCK' El Al1945,433

DISPENS ING PACKAGE Filed March 29'. 1932' z heeis-sneet 2 Patented an.30, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPENSING PACKAGE Fred 0. Glue]:and Perry A. McCaakey, Minerva,

Ohio, assignors to Minerva Wax Paper Company, Minerva, Ohio, acorporation of Ohio Application March 29, 1932. Serial No. 601,782

2 Claims.

thereto until the beginning of use. A further object is to provide amethod of making the pack-.

age hereinafter described which shall render possible the accomplishmentof the above mentioned objects.

We attain the foregoing and other and more limited objects in andthrough the construction and arrangement and the method hereinafter de-,

scribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sheet of cardboard or the likefrom which the cover is made; Fig. 2 is a schematic showing of a vatwith. the cover being sized or soaked in accordance with the method;Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the completed package; Fig. 4is a schematic elevational view showing the comparative size of thecover member, during the forming step, and the roll of wax paper towhich it is to be applied; Fig. 5 is a view showing one form of myinvention in side elevation; Fig. 6 is a left end View thereof; Fig. 7is a right end view thereof; and Figs. 8 and 9 are side and endelevations of a modified form, Fig. 8

3-5 being fragmentary.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 10 indicates acover member composed of cardboard or any other suitable sheet material.The cover 10 together with the roll 11 4'0 of waxed paper or the likeabout which it is closely wrapped, together with one or more rubberbands 12 constitute the dispensing package of my invention. For theconvenience of the user, the extreme end 11' of the waxed paper con- 5stituting the roll 11 extends between the over-, lapping portions 10 and10 01' the cover 10. As

indicated in the drawing, the cover will be of such dimensions withrespect to those of the roll 11 as to extend about 1 times around suchroll.

It will be understood that a greater or less amount of overlapping ofthe parts 10* and 10 may be selected according to choice. If desired, asupporting core may be employed within the roll 11 for preventingcollapse of the same. It is to be 5 understood that the cover 10 willhave a dimension in the direction of the axis of the roll somewhatgreater than the length of such roll whereby to prevent contact of thewaxed paper with insanitary objects. i As indicated in Fig. 5, theexcess of length of the cover member 10 over that of the roll 11 may befrom one-half inch to one inch at each end. The use of this excesslength combined with a gripping action between the convolutions of thecover member brought about by the forming step hereinafter described,results in adequate protection of the end of the roll 11 againstcontamination. A further safeguard may be provided by using struck outtongues as indicated at 14 and 15 in Fig. 5. It is to be understood thattabs either of the type 14 or 15 maybe employed at both ends of the rollif desired.

In the modification of Fig. 8, I have illustrated the use with a rollsuch as illustrated in Fig. 5, omitting the elongated ends, of ametallic cutting strip 16 attached to the outer edge of the cover memberand provided with turned down extensions 1'7 at the ends. The portions1'7 act as stops to prevent the roll from slipping out or partially outof the cover member. In this form, the cover member will preferably besomewhat longer than the roll, although not as much longer as in thecase of the modification of Fig. 5.

In making up the dispensing packagesh'own in Fig. 3, we first wet asheet of cardboard or simllar material, cut to the proper size, inwateror a sizing solution contained in a vat l3, and then wind the samearound the roll of waxed paper in the manner illustrated, and then applyone or more rubber bands or similar ties to hold the cover against theroll. The package so formed is then allowed to dry, after which it isready for storage, transportation or use. The printing of any suit ableadvertising matter on the cover 10 may be 'tion in the vat 13. While ithas been found satisfactory in practice to wet the cover member 10 withwater, we may also employ any suitable sizing solution, such asa dilutesolution of glue. The characteristics of such solution must be 5 such asto have the effect of rendering the cardboard or similar materialplastic. That is to say,

'it must aflect the cover member so that when the same is bent orcurved,it has little or no tendency to return to original position; andby the mterm wet as used in this specification is meant production of thiseffect. Where a sizing solution is used, the cover member will .not onlybe impregnated with size, but will also be coated therewith whereby torender the surface smooth. This will avoid the necessity of using acover member having a preformed smooth surface as would be desirable ifwater alone were employed or the cover were formed in some other manner.While it is not essential that the paper be coated where water alone isused, better results will be obtained thereby.

It is within the contemplation of our invention to wind the wet covermember independently of theroll which it is to cover and to a smallersize than such roll whereby it will have to be flexed to larger than itsnormal size when it is applied to the roll. -This we term forming thecover member. This may take the form of winding the wet cover member ona separate mandrel and allowing it to dry, after which it may be appliedto the cover either with the edge of the cover projecting between theoverlapping portions of the convolutions thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, orsimply wound around the-roll, leaving the user to thread the wax paperorthe like between the overlapping portions of the cover. In

this case the ties may be omitted, although it is preferable to use themas a protection against endwise motion of the roll withrespect to thecover during shipment.

When the sizing solution such as dilute glue is employed the covermember may be simply brought into contact with the surface of thesolution as by being allowed to float thereon in which case only oneside of the cover will be impregnated or coated. It maythen be allowedto dry partially before the forming step. When the drying has progressedto the correct stage, it becomes whether the end of the wax paper isthreaded possible to wind the cover upon a roll of waxed paper withoutits sticking thereto. This is true between the convolutions or not. Inthis case the forming is carried out in connection with the roll to becovered and no additional step is necessary. We prefer also to use thepartial drying method eventhough the cover is formed independently ofand to a smaller size than the roll in connection with which it is to beused.

By the described processes we are able to produce a dispensing packagewhich is satisfactory for waxed paper, the same consisting of the ma-'-terial to be dispensed, one rectangular sheet of cardboard and,temporarily, a pair of rubber bands. Insome cases, it may be desirable,instead of using rubber bands, to wrap the package in paper, cellophaneor the like, and rely upon such wrapping to act as the temporary meansfor holding the cover closely wound about the roll of waxed paper. Incase paper is employed and a sizing solution is used in the vat 13, suchpaper may be printed with the desired advertising matter and simply tornor out along the exposed edge of the cover 10 and from the ends ofthepackage. In such case, the size will cause such wrapper to adhere tothe outer surface of the cover 10- and .form a permanent part thereofwhereby the advertising matter will be displayed as long as the packageis in use.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is: v

-1. In combination with a roll of paper, a container therefor comprisinga cover wound thereabout and having overlapping end portions, the web ofpaper fromthe roll passing outwardly be-- tween said end portions-saidcover being inherently stiff and resilient and tending normally tomaintain at all times a contracted relationship

